RE[￿RT OF THE TRusfELS AND
UNA1}D￿ FINANCIAL STATEME]Yrs FOR TAE YEARENDED 31 DEC£MBER21ll3
FOR
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COIJIYCIL OF THE
ECCUSIASTICAL PARISH OF sr STEPHEN ON
Jones Harris Lirnitcd
17 St Peters Place
Fl¢etw(x)d
Lancashire
FY7 6EB

TAE PAROCEtIAL CItURCH COUNCIL OF THE
ECCLEsIKYficAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN ON
co￿ENTs OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMEKrs
for theyarentsl Jl Deeember 2023
Rel￿rt of the Thistets
I to 5
IndependeDI ExatDlntr's Report
Statement ofFi#*Ddal Aeliyll
Balanct She*t
Notss to theFiDallcial Statements
9 to 17
Detailed Statewellt of Adivi¢re8
18 to 19

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCJL OF THE
ECCLEs￿lcAL PARISH OF ST sfKpHKIY ON
REPORT OF THE TRusfEES
forthe ye4rended 31 Dz¢ember 2023
The trustees pr¢￿t their T¢PYt with the hwicial statements of the cFwity for the year ended 31 Deccmk¢r 2¢f23. Th¢
InF5tees bav¢ ad0￿¢d Ihe pmisions of Acc&mt￿)g and ReFXbrting by CIMrili¢s: Stai¢me4t of Rec(Mnm¢nd¢d Prxtice
applicable to chatities prYrI￿ Iheir accorkn with the Fin￿¢111 RwtiDg Sfandard applicable the
UK andRewblic of IT¢knKI (FRS 102) (effeAiv¢ l January 2019).
objectiv￿ and aims
Parochial Cburth C(Mmcil of the Fxcl¢si&s¢ical PaTith of St Ste￿1 on the Clifft (PCC) has the TespLMJsibility of
ctroE*Nting with the ]rKun￿ in promoting the whol¢ TDÈ55ion of the Churc14 spiriti￿L litutgiL¥L pastordl
evangelistic. wial and e£umenical. h also ft￿$ the maintenaDCL ra$F￿]SIbilitieS for the Parisb Cljwth complex of Si
Stephen on the Clif@ Holmfield Rthl andthe Church halls located on Si Stepkn Avenu4 B]ac&tml.
The objective of the PCC is to pr(Anote and maintsin the Holy Catholic Faith thrw own example of Worship.
Spiritl￿1 tife and ￿lrE. To thi4 endthe PCC will:
Strive to n￿l￿ts]n the ii¢hness of Traditional Alg1(￿lIe Worship.
Common Prdyerand Spiritual Refreth￿ forall.
S¢ck to n￿l￿tati1 an 0&8is of Prayerand Spitithal Refreshment a]L
Be committed to the of a w¢k(xniTh8 and rA)mtnunity th￿8h the care of IM)th and old in the
Blackpool a
Seek to mak¢ th¢ News of Christ thI￿5￿h Wotd and SaC￿e4t ioyfid frIIoNv5bip and loving
seTrice.
Along wilh oth¢T Chwrhe5 in the Di￿%$¢ the PCC is parf of a 10-year Mixsiffi and Reforti￿li0￿ platt which involves the
Parish being ¢1￿]1¢Dg￿l ty priMluc¢ a strategy to feed illto the overall Mission entitle4 'Heaithy Chwthes
The PCC to do dl of this th? guidanL% of the Hoty Spirit and th¢ 5aviug our Risen Saviour
Jesus ChtisL
Publle benellt
The charity Th￿8te￿ have cornpl1￿ with their duty to have r¢wd ￿ the guida￿¥ on benefit ￿ publish¢d by the
Cl￿1¢5 Commission ill exeteisiug theirpwus ff thjtie
Th¢ Parish Centtz halLs area￿lable to all in the suithble value.
St Stepbens h&$ always forged strong relJtionships with a ¢ouple of local school and nurseries and that)￿llY now the
Covid restrictions. have twi lifted they have t£en able to use the lJali8 and Church for their ChristmL8 &tivities and
Langdale Scbool 8nd Acaw have both m&Ae vists to the Cljurrh as put of thew education in
Christianity.
The Church IMS contiDued its &sSOGihtion with the I(￿] rarr and we are delI￿ted thak the )rsi¢knts and carers
often visit during the week for prayer and meditation and just for a (kn aThl pea￿f￿1 fflViT(YllnenL Try a]50 thnd the
monthty tea and ¢bat mrttings which have more than doubled ID attendanc& All are wel(y)me to thgsc gatberlligs aud
The Partth halls are regllhrty a vthue forth I(￿1 tJRtstoholdtheir medll)gs.
The Civic Th￿t also uses ts faciltti&s kn th¢ir mt¢¢ings and socTral evertts 8th1 aTe vay suMxKtive in attend￿￿ the

THE PAR￿ CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE
ECCLFSIAsficAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN ON
REPORT OFTHE TRusfEES
The PCC sat f￿ seven 0￿10Th5 during the year with an average att¢ndw of ￿ The final￿¢ and 5tandu]g
committee have COTxliutrd to meet regu]arty through￿1 the year aod have Ixert gI￿ll arthority to act on the PCC'S
The PC eXp￿￿S accAHmt bas Fwid the rrywir rA>sts ￿ the ye* (2(23: £IOJ41 2022: £10?32) These
repairs have inclu&d ix)ikY reFws. sound system ryirs in the Church. various ￿￿1￿1¢1￿1￿ and repairs to the
rwf alarni and ¢lthc doDts. There wue also some issues with the otstdO￿ gates and a Tott¢D t1￿)r. As always, every
efftjrt Is to kw s￿dID8 lo a minimum and tho trustees ate very W¢fvl f(r those who offer their time aryl
tslents forno chwEe. Itrnkn &big diffemce.
The biggut proFrt of the was the r￿f w(ffk on the Church attd ]arge l*iL The ttystees are pkawl to rewt that
desplte many difficultie5 the Iwilding was able to stay and function & nornMI. The overall ¢(￿S of the rwf in 2023
w¢re £227,927 which a fjjrther £16.170 was sI￿t on Architect fee5. This a huge al￿ would not hav¢
l*en possibl¢ without the generosity of Iw (Uwegatj(￿ Jnd grdnts from The No l Tru¢ Garfield w¢51￿ attd Benefxt
Group. We w¢rethtr able toolrtain aloan from the Diw forwhich we 8Te very rnfijl.
hire of the Parish haiLs has C(xtt[￿ to grow {2023: £23W 2022: £21,055) We la)￿]￿ to host th¢ Scouts,
Karate, the Tea Dance and Keep Fit and although we loa the dance academy at the tnd of the ytsr, we bave wekomed a
new heahh and fitThws group and alluMb￿ of tAnd praL#ice& We also }￿t avknglfret￿￿tgrWp.
The ¢xciting news for 2024 is the Solstitr Ats Festival to held fr(*n 9th to 16th Jlln& will include conc¢J
workshops> ¢xhibitiOnS aod xllterxtsve fdDJity (kn which will eJ￿01￿C m￿C people to com¢ to St Srephens and
tI￿refore inc¥ea5e numb¢r5. It ts hoTr*d this will be ayearly the initial w i8very etKow&
FINANCIAL REVIEW
FiD*neiAI poshioo
A $unuuary of our iDc(Kn¢ and an i[￿¢ rf£228.68l (21J22: £221669) of which £191748 (2022:
£188,615}wa5 ttom dOrRti￿￿ aTMI lega¢ics.
The totsl amount of f￿the thwity hol& atthe ethl of the r¢B)rt1DgE*￿1 is £34.544.
The CThurth holdg e&sb at the bank of £43.517.45 (2(r£2: £95211) aid £569 {2WZ2: £552 detK3sit￿ with the Central
Boord of FiDatkce CILu￿b of England Fund5.
The fixed assets showD on the balance sheet showafigure of £19,116.
The hall hire bas shown a rise of Q147 (2023: £23202 2022.. £21.055) and 8Ithu]8ts envelLV taking3 down ty
£553 (2023: £3,840 2022.. £4J93) thts is due to a Jot of donating to the roof aNKal whid) taissj £8.918
thmbghoutthe yw.
The stewardship was down by £967 12023.. £¥764 2022: £29.731) IM)wevff it WdS deLi(kd th¢re will be a
Stewaxd%hip drive in2024 Tth)fwrtknskn¢4NDplded
Reserves polky
Im accord￿ with guidelines i&8￿d by the Clwtty Comrni5sioD Ihe Itvel of reser￿% is ¢(￿SId¢Ted and r¢vi¢w¢d at
regular iftt¢rvab by th¢ Tnkn.
It is the policy of tl* Charity to always keq> a bJDk balan¢e of no le&s thBn £6,IXK). The Thjstees ¢onsid¢r th* thes¢
reserves will ensure that should there Ix a (trop in fundiDg they wTrll I￿ able to contitiue the Charities a¢tivities.
Alth￿8￿ the full Paristrk Slwe WaStrrtM￿thIsyethT, the Cknthwillmake every effortto fwnextyear.
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THE PAR(KItL4L CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE
ECCLESIASTICAL PARISHOF sr STEPHEN ON
ThE CLIFFS BLACKPOOL
for th¢ye4reode4131 Deeember 21123
UTURE PLANS
St Stephens has been delighted to welc(wll¢ ow w incumI￿t Fr Andrew iti Fehvary 2023 and he lots or
new idea5 to grow alld ¢Drich the congtegth as well staEtiog all Atts F￿1Val in SummeT 2024 and 0[*ni￿ a
children's club during the holidays. It isa vision to put St Steph¢Ths on the map.
all their hard w(xk year and all of th(￿ who volunteered help oll a SwNJ￿, yow wislance ts much
appreciated.
As w&8 prviousiy menti1)n￿ the hall hire goes from strength to strength and th￿C are seveTrl ￿ clients on the tx)ok8.
Now thatthe roof work h&s tml conwl&ryl tlwr is ttcw interest the haus &s Ihey have bEffi coveml in scaffolding for
ten months!
The s(Kial team worked extrattety kn8rd in 2(F23 and have l(*s of s￿10] fiLwioR]s plamThl fff 2024. hav¢ I￿)
very popular and Oft￿ sell out as soon as the tickcts go sa]e. is atso a re￿￿aT wine Witig evuit being held as
w¢ll &8 the traditiollal Sumtn¢r atKI Christinas Faytr& The w(ydd hTre to thank those of yw WIM) wotk so tI￿Lessty
puttillg togetherthese ¢Y¢D￿ not to mention tidyingup after.
As previously M¢ntiOn￿ the Sol#icc Art5 feAivat plvJmiDg is in fidl siving, and acts have tKA)ked alre￿ly.
The illitiai res￿￿5¢ ha8 been very encouwtn& and inta¢st is high. The tffogramme is to ittchth mwic. w(*ksh(¥)s and
STRUCTURE GOVERNANCE AfqD MANAGEMENr
Governillg do¢umellt
Church CoullcilPow¢rs FAthsute (1956) &s amaKkd and dlllrch rewesentation rules.
Charity ￿￿5¢1¢￿t￿n
The clwity colls1l￿teSapllbl1c bu￿fil ¢Mity as defth*lby FRS 102.
Whilst the PCC has oyernll responsibility. th¢ fi￿1￿ amd S￿ding committee have gtY¢ts authwity to oversee
maintenanc¢ and 41 day-w basi& Th¢ finance and S￿dIng committee conlinue io meet r¢gul¥ly eDabling
the membety to continualty the fin8ncial positiffl of the ChurclL The ¢ThJ of y¢4T llwnlMsbip for the ¢i¢¢torni
roll 5taDds at 86 (2022: 87) and the averdg¢ Swthy commimic4nt fiwjre cQunt￿ duting the fow Suudays in October
60 adu]ts.
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THE PAROCHtAL CHURCH COUNCiL OF THE
ECCLFSIASTRCAL PARtSH OF ST WEPHEN ON
REPORT OF THE TRUSTKES
forthe yfaTf•dwJ31 De￿￿er 2023
STRUCTURE. GOVERNAi¥CE AI¥D MANAGEN￿NT
Risk maD4g¢meiit
The PCC mernkffl have eyamitied the maj(ff stra*gio iwsinus aud risks which th ￿c kn WLd conf
risks.
The key risks akmg with mill￿tIng artims arv.
Drop in donati(￿￿. ThePCC is fortuTh￿ that shwld thiShap￿theTe aye TeseTves UMtthe Chwity tall fall bAdL
Fall in Stewardyhip". This is an ongoing tssue number of r¢gulw C4XtmlyJtOTS have 5￿Y away rethcing
Stewardship ttumi*r& HoweveT N)w the WO￿ the Toof has been completcd thett is a pkn for a Stewarthhip driv¢ arb
tr*cause of an inL7EW irt intettstin the Chutrh it is wMiise.
Cost of Uiilities ￿ ser4]￿s. All Ctsntr￿ts we ￿Illg 8t and some Serv￿ The energy bllls
teviewed regu]arly. ￿dthe best PTice found d¢pgKITAgon lengthof c4)1￿￿
Repairs and Maintenance: The Churrh and halls w¢ r¢vi¢wed monthty in order to ide￿ify woblems Ls they arise. The
Lack of Yolunteers: St Stqylwjs ￿1]¢9 heavily on it volunteers and is lucky to h4Y¢ a strrng CO￿ of dedi¢*ed people
who assist in facilitating the runni￿ of the ChuTch. We httve Welcom￿ Some rffiv nKrnb￿5 TE¢¢ntly who have
spe¢iali5tskill sets which will be illvaiuable to St Stephe￿%
We contiDu¢ lo w¢kwi¢ new Fwgle and would Sincuety lfre to thmk those wlw give th¢ir time and tsIc￿ts so
gene￿u$1Y lffte to 5tse55 that all offas of &ssI#a￿t howevtt is a great help aJKI ¢vffyone can have a
part to play.
REFERENCE AJYD ADm￿sTRATIVE DETAIIS
Regist¢r&l Cjurity number
1131959
Prh￿1pll1 Address
St Stephen's Vicarnge
St stephe￿ Avenue
Blackp￿1
FY2 9B
Paoe 4

ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF sr srEPHEN ON
Rev A (Chaim7an and Inmb¢nt) elected 15 Febnwy 2023
Mr K Mct£nnan (ChurchTwarden and mcmberofDEan￿ Synod)
Mr l Buttrrworth (Chwchwarthn al￿ Vi¢e Chair)
Mr W Canms (tkpw Chur¢hw8rdaJ and Member of Deanery Synod)
Mrs J Gree¥s (Treasurer and n￿ber of Ikanery S)miMJ)
Mr A Cramer (PCC S¢cr¢tary)
Mrs D Grkn (Stewardship Offitrr)
Mrs S Bayliss (twjted memberand Patr￿)
C GI￿￿$￿ed (ctwted member a)d A&sistant StewaTdthip Offic¢r)
Mrs A M¢LeDllall (memixr atxl Safcgutirditig Offictt)
Mrs K Billingbw5t(Joi]Trt SafegvardwJgOffic¢r)
Mrs J Stansfi¢ld (rsi¥ned 7 May 2023)
Mr B Rose (re5igwed23 (k¢iJber 2￿23)
Mrs S RO￿ (r¢5lgll￿ 23 Octot¢r2023)
Mr K Lloyd (elected memE¢r 7 May 2023)
Mrs L Jeffery (re51￿)ed20 Decanber 2023)
Dean¢ry Synod . The trustees w(xthl lik¢ to thank Mr K MCLe￿￿4 kn J all their he4> and suFyort as
members of thE Syn
MTS K Bjllxoghu￿ JD navigating and cvryitig the Safeguardllig wli¢ies. Th¢ safdy of all at St s1￿c￿s is of paramount
The Vi(xr and tnJstt% ore gteatiy indeErf¢d to our HO￿ Priests Fr Harry Pdul Smith for all of their
as91staocethr￿ghoUt the year. ar¢ a 8teat to thechwcb it is muthapEtt¢iated.
As aLway5. th¢ p&ssion and d￿11￿￿￿ of Mllsical Director Mr Philip and his Ikwty Mr Anthew Cramer b&5
been a Consta￿ joy to all who attend St Stephens. The trust￿4 w(wld ]ike ty thank and th¢ of the Choir
nd Cantant£8 fortheirdryjiizLI￿ IwdworL
Independent E￿wIDer
Jones Harris Limited
17 St Peters Place
Fleetw(b(Ml
Lallcashire
FY7 6EB
.. and cffl its behalf by.
Pttoe 5

ll¥DEPENDEiYf EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEFSOF
THE PAR(KHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF TH£
THE CLIFF& BLACKPOOL
Indepettdent examioevs r¢pDrt to the trusteL4 of The Parocknial ChU￿b CThm¢ll of th¢ EeC[es￿ P*ri5h of St
Stephen on the Cliffs Blackwjol
I report to the charity trusle4s my ¢xamiDatioti i>f th¢ accounts of The ParrK*ial C(m￿ClI orthe E£¢les}￿tiCaI
PdTish of St Stephen thithe Cliffs Bl&k￿l (the Tw5t) forthe year ended 31 De£¢Mber2￿23.
RespottSlblllti￿ basls of rewbrt
As the Chartty trustees of the you reSpI￿￿￿￿1e f(* the of the a￿)U￿ in *c(*thnce with the
requitrments of the Clwities Art 2011 Cthe Acfj.
I re￿)rt in resm of my exYdnin*ioll ofthe Thists carri￿1 out Se¢im 145 of the Act ￿d in callyTrng (Nit
my examinatton I hwe follow￿ 811 aFplithk DiSEa]￿ls ¥iven by the Ch&rtiy Commission S¢rtioD 145{5Xb) of
the Act.
Independent ex￿￿]neV5 statrment
I have completed my examination. I confiTrn that rntsial mattus b&ve c￿￿e to My attffltion ID cmeetion with the
examitiatioll giving me ￿￿5¢ ts> l*lieve that in ￿Y Materi￿ respert..
accounting Ttt￿rd$ wffe keo in rwof the Trust ￿ reiwiredby knion 130 of the ACL or
the ac(y)unts Ib compty with the applKable rewirem¢nts Conce￿ the forni and C4JDtert of acc(xmts seÈ out
in the Ch4riti£s (Accounts attd Rewffts) Regulations 21118 othtt than any rwiiremart that the give a
I have no Concen￿ and baTrE aLXb&% no other matus in C￿￿¢￿10￿ with the examination to Ivhith attention sh￿Id
be drawn in this rewt in orthrto¢Dable a w{wundEts￿dln￿ of the to beye8cl￿a.
Paul Daky A
Jon¢s Haffis Limited
17 St Peters Pl￿¢
Fleetwood
L3J)cashir¢
FY7 6EB
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THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE
ECCLEsIAsficAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN ON
STATEMENf OFFINANCIAL Acriv]TIES
for th¢y¢4r Mded 31 Deternber2023
2023
2022
Total
funds
fimds
fimds
COME AND ENjX)WM￿s FROM
Dot)atiQDS al￿ legacies
183,829
1919
192,748
188,615
Charitable activith
Charitsbl¢ acliviticq
29,4r
331
29,737
23.766
Invesknetrt inc(Klle
income
1,366
4,830
1,612
8,676
3205
Totsl
216226
12.455
22&681
222.669
BXPENDrruRE ON
Charitable activiti
Clwitsble activiti&8
289383
61.1
351,579
131.936
Netgwnsl{knses) rn investi
2.665
(7.055)
(70,692)
(49yI )
(lJ)233)
83,678
RECONCILIATION OFFUNDS
Total brought f￿ward
91,658
61052
153.710
70.032
20.966
11511
33.477
153.710

EcCLESIA￿[cAL PARISH OF sr STEPHEN ON
BALANCE SHEET
31 Jklember 2023
2￿22
Total
fim(t8
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible wets
Investments
li,601
6.448
11.601
6,448
9,434
56.777
18.049
1&049
66,211
CURRENT ASSEIS
Debtors
Casb atbank
7282
31576
7282
44,087
3,084
95,763
11511
38.85B
51J69
98,847
Atll(wnts falling rknvithinoneyear
(7,1￿1)
.190)
(7.597)
NET CURRE]YT A&SEIS
31.668
12,511
44,179
91,250
TOTAL ASSETS LE￿ CUBRENT
49,717
157.46l
CREDITORS
io
(28.751)
(2&751)
{3,751)
NET ASSETS
20,966
12511
33,477
153.710
13
91,658
62,052
12.511
TOTAL FUNDS
33,477
153,710
Rev A Teather. Tjustee

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCtL OF THE
ECCLLStASTICAL PARLSH OF sr STEPHEN ON
NOTES ThE FINANCIAL STATEMEKrs
for they¢•rende4131 December 21123
ACCOUNf.ING POLICIES
Basi¥ of prtpaiing the fiDaDeFf4I slatements
The financial ststttD￿ts of the tharity. which is a publi¢ b¢nefrt entity wi¢kr FRS 102. have been p￿￿red in
acC￿danCe with the Charities SORP (IRS 102) 'Accounting and R¢pNtsng by Chwities: Sta*menÉ of
Reporting s￿dard applicable in the UK and RLyublic of hYla)d (FRS 102) (¢fftdiv¢ l January 2019),.
Fllwiciat Reportlljg Standard 102 Tr Financial lie[￿l￿g Stsndard atolithle in the UK and Rwubli¢ of
Ireland. and the Charities Act 2011. Tr financ1￿ stst•Jwnts have tttn PTepTEd under the historical C47St
c￿Ventio￿ with th¢ ex¢ePion of itivesttt￿ which are inclu(kd atTraJket valu< as m(xlified by rtvaluation
of r¢rtaill a55¢ts.
FinaD¢i¥I repDrtiDg slandard 102- redue•J disckfjure exemptions
The charity has tsken advant￿ of the following di￿lo$v[e exemption in rffepariDg thL8e fitmcizl slatements, &8
pmitted by FRS 102 Tr FI￿￿￿[al Re￿Ing st￿ aTrlicabk in the UK R¢public of IreJ8tur:
the requIre4n￿ts0f Seetion 7 Statement of Cash Flows.
roTr¢
Offerings donatio￿8 are wised when Tff¢iveJ by or (m b¢balf of the PCC. Planned giving r￿e1Vab￿
under tbe Gitl Aid scheme is recognised onty ￿ceIVe{L Tu T¢w¢Thbk on Gift Aid OMatiortS
GT8nls and legacies are reCO￿lsed as the ￿c is of its entit]emth( the Amount is quarrtifiabk and
its ultimate receipt bythe PCC is reasonthly ceAain.
Investment income is rEcogDised (x] aTe¢eIYableb￿is.
Eipertdilure
Liabi]iti¢s arc Eccognised as eKrthditiJre &8 so)n L8 therc is a ￿￿1 tr ¢Ons￿Ve Obligati(￿ commithng the
PCC to that expenditwe, it is wobable that a tnn%fer of eCor￿￿1¢ benefrts will ￿ required in settlement alld the
alnount of the obligation caD measured ￿lIab￿. Exrthditure ts accounted for xovals basis and has
b¢¢n ¢I￿51fied under headings that aggregate all c￿t r¢lateAI to th¢ ¢xtegory. Whac catmot be directly
attrilxtted to particular hethgs they have IKell allocated to activities on a basis consistart with the Ttse of
tesources.
TAnpble fixwj
Tangjble fix￿ &%s¢ts aTr inittally mc&8uted at cost aDd subsequenty measured * cost or valUth￿, n¢t of
dep￿lationand any impairrn¢nt Ioss¢s. Ass* of thenQ0￿ are not capitajised.
De￿i￿tiOn ts recogD]s￿ so &4 to write off the c(* or val￿10Th of w&s l¢&s their ￿ld￿￿1 values over their
u￿￿￿1 lives onthe following bases:
Freehold landond I￿RIdI￿g&
Computer equiFqnenl
33Y• straigbtliDe
Frethold laDd and iKuldings are 5tsted at ryiginal c(ffjt which is significantly less than their ¢wrnt math valu
aT¥I wnsequenty are JKrt depwiated The fre¢hold land and buildTrnss art held for long tenn ￿ by the Churth
in its charitable activity and in the opinion of the FCC the costs of oEdaining a wokni(¥nal wr(tnt valuacion are
not JL*tifi￿ as wcb evabjation would wt ETovide io ￿$t￿S of the itL jlldging their Stew￿4) of
the Lsseis of the Churth.
The gain w loss grising on the disposal of aD asset is determin￿1 as the diff￿¢￿￿ bdwe¥] the sale wceeds and
corttinued..

THE PAROCHtAL CH15RCH COIINCIL OF THE
ECCLESLASTICAL PARISHOF ST sfEPHEN ON
(wrES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMENtS. coDlinu¢d
for theyearelldal 31 December 2023
ACCOUNTING POLICIES. eootinued
Ta￿*10￿
The charity is exc4DPt ftomt&t4)n its ¢hari*ble a¢ttvities.
Fund ae¢OUDliBg
Restri(ted fimds can onty used for particii]ar Testrictsd pw withift the (￿JeCts of the charity. Restrithms
aTise when spxified by the d(morw fijnds ze raised trprticularrthictedpwpw.
Hlre purch•se k&8iug eommitmellts
der hite purcba8e ate (kpreciated over their ertitD8ted u*tul Jives. Thwe beld finance lea￿S
The irterest ¢lement of these obligations is charg%J to the of FiD2nciJl Activities OV￿ the ￿leva
riod. The capitsl elerne￿ of the fukute is treatedas aliability.
Consecrated property and mov¢able fvrnAshing5
Cons¢crated and benefic&ql pi• of ally kI￿d is eX¢lu￿1 fmm the fitwncial by s.10(2Xc) of the
Chan"ties Act 2011. Move4ble church fumishings held by the Vicor and ChurdThvth ffl •i81 tr￿[ for the
PCC and which requi￿ a f&ulty for dispxal are accounted for as inalienable rn ￿1¢5$ They
are listed the Church It￿ent{￿. whith can b¢ insta (It any ]r&wn&ble iitne). For all ex￿dIb]re i￿v￿1
in th¢ y¢ar on COILSe￿ or baJefi¢ial ￿lIding* or (ffi the TeEW of moveabk Cknrth fillniqhiDg& indiv1th￿l
items ￿￿tr £l.000 are written off.
Fixed 4s5el iove5tsellts
FiK¢d ￿Set itwesth)ent are initially rne&sured * tr￿Sth ryice exCI￿J1￿g transaction costy
subsequently Measur￿ at fair value at each wrting date. Changes ID fiir valuc are rwnised in net
Coing coDcern
2022
Other r￿ed invest- Fll
Deposit account int¢r¢st
I,d)5
18
1,366
1,612
Pape 10
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THE PAR(￿H[aL CHURCH COtrNCIL OFTHE
ECCLFSIASTICAL PARISHOF ST sfEPHEN ON
P40TES 11) THE FINAP4CIAL ￿ATEmF.IyTS. ¢onlinued
forthe yearendtsl 31 Dettmber 2023
TRUSTEES, REMUI¥ERATIO]Y AND B￿£Fr[S
Non¢ of th¢ trwrfEes (LY any petSOn with th&n) received any remunerntirn or Ethefits from the ch￿lty
{h￿ing the year otknthan those listtd Ixlow.
The wicar, a Inrt is paNI a 5tiFv41 by th¢ DI￿ dtrough the clu&v pnyMII sclmne by the ￿Vr¢h
of FJ)gland This also make5 Frovisofff apen5i(m.
None of lh¢ trwtees (or w pffs￿ connerted with them) wcre ￿]d any eX￿sts from the ¢h8rity during the
The VIC￿ was Teimbur5¢d ex￿￿9￿40f £3J14 (2(122'. 1269) inallredby him in the furtherdnce of his dutie&
STAFF COSTS
21r23
2022
Wages 91￿ salwi¢5
12.440
11.872
12,440
11.872
The 4v¢T4e rnonthly number of e4nployeas thringtheyearwas a5 follows..
2023
2022
Fin￿)ce and administration
Cleaner
No employe¢sr¢¢¢Aved anoluments iti exctss of£60,0￿.
Totsl
fijnds
DoNtioThs and le8acies
139.912
48.703
188.615
Charitable thftiog
Charitable aL#ivtties
21318
23.706
Jnvesiment iti¢(MAe
1.612
4,320
1,612
8,676
4J56
Tfjtsl
168,162
54.507
EXPENDITURE ON
Charitsble activitKs
Chtiritsbk activities
126.537
5J99
131,936
17.055)
(7,055)

THE PARoc￿[AL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE
ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ￿ sfEPHKN Ohf
fiwd
fun¢Ls
NET INCOME
34570
49.108
83.678
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Totsi brought forward
57.088
12,944
70,032
TOTAL FUNDS CARR]ED FORWARD
91,658
61052
153.710
TANGtBLE FIXED A&SETS
Freehold Comwter
Tota]s
COST
At l Jaluary 2023
Additions
9.434
30.350
3234
39.784
3234
At 31 D￿eMi￿r21x25
9.434
33584
43.018
DEPRECIATION
At l J8nuay 2023
Charge f(Ty¢8r
30.350
1,(I57
30J50
1.067
At 31 Decem1*r2￿13
31,417
31,417
NET BIKIK VALUE
At 31 D#¢mber21f23
9,434
2,167
11.601
At 31 Deconlxr2022
9,434
9,434
FiX￿Lasset￿ ittclthl in the which are held Under hire IxMJtry&ts are ag follow5:
Computer
equipment
COST
At l Janw 2023 attd 31 De(tmlLr 2023
10.081
DEPRECIATION
At l January2(Y23 and 31 D¢anlJer2023
10.081
4ET B￿K VALUE
At 31 De¢emJxr2023
Al 31 De¢ember2022
Pdoe 12
continue(L..

ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN ON
NOTFS TO THE FINANCIAL SfATEmE￿s. ¢ontinMed
forth¢ ye#r wded JI Ikr¢Trber2011
FIXED ASSET lNVFSTME￿rs
Uthisted
Anvth¢Dts
MARKETVALUE
At l Jauuary 2￿23
Additions
DisFW]s
Revaiuatic
5fi777
140
(50.701)
232
At 31 De£emttT 2023
6.448
NET B(X)KVALUE
At 31 Decetnber 2023
6848
At 31 D#mbtr2022
56.777
Unlisted
ValuatiLY) in 2023
C05t
231
6217
6,448
DEBIDILS. AMOUNTS FAILING DUE W￿H1N0ThE YEAR
2023
2022
Trade debtors
3,146
3,150
554
2.160
370
72f2
3,084
Patre 13

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCHCOUNCIL OF TH
EcC[￿SIAs[IcAL PARISHOV sr srEPHEL¥ ON
THE CLIFTr5 BLACKPOOL
FIOTFS TO THE FINAI¥CIAL sfATEMENTS. ¢ontjDU
2023
2022
od￿r loaThs (see Dote 11)
Hire pw¢hase (seen0* 12)
Acctua]s and defe￿¢d inWTne
658
1,939
li
7.190
7.597
10. CREDTfoR&. AMOUNfs FALLll¥C DUE AvfER MORE THAN ONE YEAR
21Y23
2022
Other kwjs (seeDo* IJ)
28,751
3.751
11. LOANS
An 8natysis of themaiurity of loans is giveolxlow.
2023
2022
Amounts falling Éknwithin one yearon thmand:
5,1KlO
5,000
Amounts falling bthe￿ one¥Ddhvoy(xs:
DiiKesotLloan
28.751
3.751
12.
2023
2022
Netobligati0￿ repayable:
Withill one ye
658
PREe 14
c(mtinued...

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OFTHI
ECCLLStAsfIcAL PARLSH OF sr STEPHEN ON
NOTES TO THEFINANCIAL ￿ATEmEy4TS. eontillued
T theytsrende4131 Deuwber 2023
11 MOVEMENT IN FUI¥DS
Net
At
3111ZQ3
Ai 1/1123
in fi]ttd%
Unrestrlrted funds
General ftind
Fix¢d Asget fimd
Flower fund
82224
9,434
(71.035)
1.189
9,434
343
343
91.658
(70.692)
20,966
RestTiCte4J fvnds
mi￿10n income
Walsingh&
Canf8ntes Domit)o
Donations md ￿￿14$
Tea dance holiday fill
Choir fi]nd
Parish fe&st
Lighting fabric fiD
Riyof Fund
4J03
I.1￿9
1,$34
305
(846)
(297)
4.808
223
1237
779
79
150
235
5.0
79
150
235
703
{4&703}
61052
(49.541)
12,511
153.710
(120233)
33.477
Netrnovem&)t iti fill￿. in th¢ as fdlows:
In fun&%
Unrestricted funds
GenetaE fi]Ad
Flower fimd
215,483
743
(289.183)
{4(K))
1065
{71.035)
343
216226
(289.583)
2.665
(70,692)
Re51rictql fund8
c0lumbariu￿Gardrn of Rewse
475
305
2.730
27
&918
(475)
305
(846)
(297)
(48,703)
Walsingham
Cantant¢5 tA)mnio
Roof Fund
(3576)
{324)
(57,621)
Il455
(61,996)
(49.541)
TOTAL FUNtks
224681
(351579)
1065
(120233)
P3ge 15
continu&l...

THE PAR(￿H1￿L CIIiJRCH COUNCtL OFTHE
ECCLLSIAsficAL PARISH OF sr srEPHEN ON
NOTFS m TAK FINANCIAL ￿ATEmENTS. eontlnued
foT they¢arendtd31 D￿llber 21123
13. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS. continued
Comparativos for ID fvmls
movem¢DI
in fi￿dS
At
3]1]￿
At Illn2
Unr¢stri£trd fullds
General fjjnd
FiKed Asset fimd
46,7
10,3(
35,440
{870)
82,224
9,434
57.088
34.570
91,658
Re5trithd fuMI$
Mission income
WalsiDgl)wTh
Cantart¢s D(mitio
Donations and legacies
Tea dance holiday fiu
Cknoir fund
40>1
366
1534
779
(298)
703
4.503
1,534
779
79
150
235
150
235
Ligliting fthic fund
R(M)f Fund
4&703
48,703
12,944
49,108
62.052
70.OY2
83,678
153.710
Cornparntiven¢tmoveJneDtin inclth in the aiM)v¢ ￿ &3 follows:
Jncorning
Gains and Movern¢nt
Unrestrfeted fuDds
Q¢n¢ral fimd
Fixed Ass¢t fund
16&162
(125.f*7)
(870)
(7,055)
35,440
(870)
168,162
(126J37)
(7,055)
34.570
Columbariw￿Gar{kn of Rqx
Mission income
Walsingh
Rwf Fund
475
(475)
(1,746)
(3,178)
(298)
703
48,703
3.881
4&703
54,507
(5,399)
49,108
TOTAL FUIYDS
(131.936)
(7.055)
83,678
Re5tri¢t¢d funds
Contantes Domino. IbxwÈioJJs ￿¢¢￿Ve0 foramusic ￿lEty wh(ts¢aim istowovide LltUtBi￿ musi
Donations aDd l¢g#cies. arno￿￿ ￿¢t]Ved to be used fw the sp￿lfi¢ ￿e¢p of the Chu
Teadance boli(hy fi￿￿. fwwlspidby the club ttMniws towardsthe annual h(TrlKlay
Pa@e 16

ECCLEStASTICAL PARISH OF sr srEPHEN ON
rortheyearende4131 D￿1b¥24123
13.
MOVEMENT I1¥ FUNI)S-abDthiual
Lighting fabric fimd- m(￿1¢3 received to fund lighting projecL
Roof Fwid. Gr￿tsTeeel¥cdford￿ TTrDf rw project.
Desi£natcd
Fixed Asset fi￿￿ . this is th unr&gthct¢d fimd reryt￿ by th net Vah￿ of th¢ wgibk fixed assets of
I& RELATED PARTY DISCJA)SURES
Th¢ Friends of St stryh￿ on the Cliffs, Bl&kp)o1 (1120454) is a re]ateAI C￿rity which 15 (ryrrnted and
controlled by 10 TTUSttt4 4 of whthn atr the Incwnb0￿. T[t￿rff and Churchwardats of tl* PuLKhial Church
Council (PCC) of St step￿ (nth¢ Cliffs. BIxkw￿1.
Durirtg the yearthe FCC of St on the Cliff5, Bl*k￿01 rnelval £5.(KK) (2022:£5.(WJ) in th￿l￿n$ from
The FrieThJs of St stq￿￿ ontlle Cliff4 Blxkp)L
D4Witi8 the expthwe totalling £13.￿8 (2022.. £15.583) I￿$ been gifted ty The Fiiend5 of St Stwh¢n on
the Cliffs Bl&ckrthl to ￿kSt with the nmnirE of the Church the PCC of St on the Cliffs,
BlackwK>I is most atqYttiative of this suppmt.
Paoe 17

TELE PAROCHIAL CIIURCH COUNCIL OF THE
ECCLEsiAsficAL PARISHOF ST ￿EPHEN ON
DETAILED STATEMENT OF nNANCIAL AcnvrriES
2023
2022
Donations and legaiies
Donati
Gift aid
Legacie5
49584
10,746
102.700
16.050
13.668
69.172
14,310
45,563
43,987
J5,583
IY2.748
188.615
Inv￿￿lleD¢ iD¢O111¢
fixed asset invest- FI[
1.348
18
1.005
1,612
Charltable aetivllles
Charitsble activities
29.737
23.766
Other Imeome
Other in¢r)me
4,830
8,676
Tol*l Incomillg rewurtt5
22&681
Charitable activitta5
Wages
Rates and iD5urao
Ligltt and heat
Telephone alld broadband
Postag¢, pruiting & ststio
Advertising and Ma￿ti8
Mi&8ion giving
Ca￿ta￿t¢S
12.440
10,713
10.417
4332
1,337
11,872
8,245
11,545
4.731
552
1,746
324
1.300
3.178
34,515
2,5(KJ
2,977
350
6,070
446
3,781
3253
568
97.629
3,576
14,400
300
3,314
Parish sbatr
VT¢rfs exp¢ns4 ]w¢s & VDF
Parish feasts
5370
607
3.641
6255
740
79,435
IT sofhvare and Con￿
CatTiedforward
Palle IX

THE PARIKHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OFTHE
ECCLFSIASTICAL PAIUSH OF ST STEPHEN ON
DETAILED STAT£MENf OF FINANCtAL AcrivrriES
2023
Charitsbie activ#xJ
Brought fonyatd
Cleaning
79,435
5,439
238268
1.912
350
97.629
5.173
15,733
2,494
Mis¢¢llallwus
fees
Fk)wer5
Relief vicar
Depn compulqtyuipwrt
Gifts
Memba5bips& pthlicattons
Scoping expense
353
870
1.067
305
695
571
491
3,360
Archite¢¢ f¢¢$
16.l70
349252
J29.714
Supprt cwts
Govern#Dce ¢￿ts
1190
51
86
1.938
58
226
Bank fees
2J27
1222
351579
131.936
Net (eJpewlitsreYfflLwelxfore amd
(IU898)
.733
Realised gain￿(JOySe5) on fjx¢d investma
1665
17,055)
Net (expeadit•r¢yNiewe
(120233)
83.678
This p3gedots￿t forni of thestthrtory finallci￿ sts*mthts
Paoe 19